Friday, December 20, 2013. This giveaway is now over. Thanks so much for your comments! I enjoy reading them! The winner has been randomly chosen and notified by email. Congratulations Laura!

Happy Friday! I love that I get to end the week with chocolate!

Doesn’t the picture on the cover of this cookbook look enticing? It sure does! This is Chocolate Crepe Cake with Coconut Cream. It’s just one of the many delicious recipes in “The Paleo Chocolate Lover’s Cookbook” by Kelly V. Brozyna.

Kelly Brozyna is well know for her blog The Spunky Coconut, where she shares her wonderful Paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free recipes. She is also the author of “The Spunky Coconut Cookbook”, “The Spunky Coconut Gluten-Free Baking and Desserts” and “The Spunky Coconut Dairy-Free Ice Cream”. Kelly has celiac disease, while her daughter is allergic to gluten and has autism. She has found, like so many others, that her family’s health depends on a very healthy, grain-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, Paleo diet.

While Kelly doesn’t suggest that the chocolate treats in her book be eaten everyday, she believes that healthy desserts can be an important part of your diet. After all, chocolate has many health benefits including lowering blood pressure and releasing those feel-good endorphins!

Now, on to the recipes! Here is a sample of what you will find:

Chocolate Swirl Cheese Danish Cake

Chocolate Chunk Buttermilk Muffins

German Chocolate Cake

Macadamia Brownies

Lava Cakes

Black Forest Cupcakes

Birthday Cookie Cake

White Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Biscotti

No-Bake Chocolate Chip “Peanut Butter” Cookies

Salted Caramel Bacon Bark (Yes. That’s what I said.)

Chocolate Truffles

There are so many more!

The beautiful photos in this book were taken by Kelly herself!

This book would make a beautiful gift to a friend or loved one who is starting a Paleo and/or gluten-free diet and may be concerned about giving up the sweet treats they are used to having.

“The Paleo Chocolate Lover’s Cookbook” can be easily purchased at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, at Costco and at local independent bookstores!

Kelly has generously offered to give away a free copy of her book to one very lucky reader!

The new Dark Chocolate Morsels are 69% cacao. You can enjoy the many health benefits that dark chocolate boast, such as lots of antioxidants, while having a sweet treat!

From the Enjoy Life Foods website:

proud to be free of the big eight!

All Enjoy Life foods are specially made to be free of the eight most common allergens. That means they contain NO wheat/gluten, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish or shellfish – the allergens that account for 90% of all food allergic reactions in the United States. Enjoy Life products are also made without casein, potato, sesame and sulfites.

Our products are made in a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery in Schiller Park, IL. We’ve invested in a dedicated plant, so that you can have the added confidence and assurance that you and your family can eat Enjoy Life products without worries.

We also require all of our ingredients to be certified allergen-free and perform routine testing to ensure strict allergen control standards are met. Visit our bakery for more information.

These chips are perfect for all of your holiday baking!

While Enjoy Life Foods Dark Chocolate Morsels are great for baking, I also enjoy mixing them with nuts and coconut to make a little homemade trail mix snack!

Friday, December 13, 2013. This giveaway is now over. Thank you for all of your nice comments! The winner has been randomly chosen and notified by email. Congratulations Courtney!

You may already know Alexa “Lexie” Croft from her great blog LexiesKitchen.com. Lexie began developing recipes to help her toddler son, who had intestinal and neurological issues. She learned that he had food allergies and sensitivities and so she decided to change his diet to help him heal. What she came up with are delicious, healthy meals, perfect for anyone needing to eliminate certain foods from their diets.

In her new book, “Everyday Classics”, Lexie shares “68 Tasty & Essential Recipes” that are gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and soy-free. Her book is broken up into “Everyday Staples”, “Breakfast”, “Lunch & Dinner” and “Sweet Treats”, making it very easy to locate a recipe for any time of the day.

Along with the wonderful recipes are beautiful photos of every recipe!

Oatmeal Cake

Zuppa di Italiano

Mug Chocolate Chip Cookie (Mmmmm!)

More of the recipes in “Everyday Classics”:

No Dairy Nacho Cheese

No-Peanuts Butter

Gluten-Free Flour Blend

Pizza Crust

Scones

Sunday Pancakes

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Loaded BBQ Potatoes

Teriyaki BBQ

Chicken Tenders

Strawberry Cheesecake

Spritz & Sugar Cookies

Brownies

Vanilla Cupcakes

I want to make so many of these recipes, starting with the Mug Cakes!!! If you would like to see a sample of “Everyday Classics” on Lexie’s website HERE.

You can purchase “Everyday Classics” from Lexie’s Kitchen Store on Amazon.com. This book would make a perfect gift for someone you love with food allergies, intestinal issues or neurological health challenges, such as Autism and ADHD.

I am so happy to be able to offer one free copy of “Everyday Classics” to one very lucky reader!

Monday, December 8, 2013. This giveaway is over. Thank you so much for your overwhelming response! You make both Stephanie and I very happy!

The winner has been randomly chosen and notified by email. Congratulations Teresa R.! Happy Holidays and Enjoy!!!

It’s Cyber Monday! If you are looking for some great books to give as gifts this year, don’t forget about Stephanie’s books!

The gift of her “Make It Fast, Cook It Slow“, “More Make It Fast, Cook It Slow” and her newest book, “365 Slow Cooker Suppers” would make that newlywed, busy mom or busy dad smile. Stephanie’s slow-cooker recipes are so easy and delicious! You won’t believe all the hot, comforting dinners you can make in your slow-cooker!

Busy folks and those who are organizationally challenged (like me) will absolutely love “Totally Together: Shortcuts to an Organized Life“. I personally, cannot live without this book! Life is so much easier when you have a plan! You can read my review of thi

There’s no more ignoring it. The tree has arrived at Rockefeller Center in NYC. There are radio stations playing Christmas music 24/7. The stores are decorated. Time to think about the people on your shopping list!

Are you gluten-free or do you know someone who has recently been diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten intolerance? The gift of a subscription to “Simply Gluten Free Magazine” is the perfect present!

I love receiving my copy of “Simply Gluten Free Magazine” in my mailbox! It’s just packed full of great articles, recipes and resources. This magazine is put together by the best group of gluten free people on the planet! It doesn’t get better than THIS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS!

I’ve been enjoying the November/December 2013 edition and marking the recipes I want to try. Among them are some of Stephanie’s great “Slow Cooker Holiday Side Dishes” featured in this issue!

I also can’t ignore those awesome-looking Potato Latkes by Carol Kicinski on the opposite page! Yum!

Along with gluten-free recipes, there are also vegetarian, vegan and paleo recipes here!

I highly recommend subscribing to this magazine. You can order your subscription easily online HERE. Give the gift of GLUTEN FREE this HOLIDAY!

I am very excited to be able to offer a FREE ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION (Six Issues) to one very lucky reader!

TO ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW. That’s all you need to do!

This giveaway will run from today (Monday, November 11, 2013) until Monday, November 18, 2013 at 2pm Pacific Time.

Not only is this chocolate delicious, but it would make a lovely gift to someone on your holiday shopping list!

I would also like to mention that Sucre makes King Cake which is available for pre-order November 20th! The King Cake is not gluten-free, but would be an awesome Mardi Gras Party dessert for those of you who are not gluten-free or to give as a gift!

You can purchase any of Sucrés wonderful confections easily from their online store HERE.

The lovely folks at Sucre are offering one free box of their 15 pc. Dark Chocolate Lovers Collection to one very, very lucky reader!!! Yay!

Monday, November 11, 2013. This giveaway is now over. Such a great giveaway to host. A big “thank you” to the folks at Udi’s! Also a big thank you to all of you for taking the time to enter!!! The winner has been randomly chosen and notified by email. Congratulations Barbara V!

If you are gluten-free, you most likely have heard of or tried Udi’s Gluten Free products. Udi’s makes some amazing gluten-free baked goods!

I previously reviewed some of Udi’s products last December. You can check out my review HERE.

Well, Udi’s has some great, new products and they were so wonderful to send me some samples to try!

Included in my box of new products were:

Udi’s Mighty Bagels. These bagels are full of delicious, healthy ingredients like cranberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and quinoa flour! They are delicious!

Harvest Crunch Muffins. Yes, they are as good as they sound! These are great heated up a little and then slathered with some butter! Ingredients include Cranberries, flax seed, sweet potato, pumpkin seeds and quinoa flour.

Salted Caramel Cashew Soft-Baked Cookies. I absolutely LOVED these cookies! Salted Caramel is so popular right now and with good reason!

Don’t the cupcakes on the cover of this cookbook look amazing? It’s even more amazing when you see that these cupcakes and the rest of the yummy-looking desserts in this book are allergy-free and vegan! That’s right! The recipes found in “Sweet Debbie’s Organic Treats: Allergy-Free & Vegan Recipes from the Famous Los Angeles Bakery” by Debbie Adler are all gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, soy-free, sugar-free and nut-free!

Debbie is the owner of Sweet Debbie’s Organic Cupcakes in Los Angeles, CA. She began by creating all-natural, low-glycemic cupcakes. When her son was diagnosed with severe, life-threatening food allergies, she decided to make her cupcakes completely allergy-free, gluten-free and vegan. Lucky for us, she is sharing some of her wonderful recipes with us!

In this book, you will find recipes for:

Pumpkin Pie Muffins

Mushy Monkey Banana Muffins

Girl Scout Brownies

Sunflower Buttercup Brownies

Cosmic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Black and White Delight Cupcakes

Mocha Italian Espresso Cupcakes

Apple Fritter Donut Holes

Vanilla Bean-Glazed Banana Donut Holes

Mini Bagels

They all sound so good!

“Sweet Debbie’s Organic Treats: Allergy-Free & Vegan Recipes from the Famous Los Angeles Bakery” can be purchased from Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com.

I am happy to be able to offer a free copy for giveaway to one lucky, lucky reader!

Monday, November 4, 2013. This giveaway is now over. Thank you for all of your wonderful comments! This is really a great book and would make a great gift for yourself or someone you love! Now, on to the giveaway! The winner has been randomly chosen and notified by email. Congratulations Veronica!

Nobody likes coming home after a busy day at work, only to find that they need to start a meal from scratch in order to get dinner on the table. I don’t know about you, but some nights, I’d rather just pop a frozen dinner in the microwave! Unfortunately, that’s not always the healthiest choice. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a meal ready in the fridge or slow-cooker?

From the inside cover of “Make Ahead Paleo”:

In “Make Ahead Paleo”, you’ll find:

Recipes and tips for whipping up freezable meals

Inventory sheets to help you keep track of your frozen creations

Delicious timesaving recipes for your slowcooker

A busy work-week menu with full grocery list

Recipes to take on the road

One-pan meals you can make in your hotel room

Sweet indulgences that freeze and travel well

There a lot of things I like about this book. I like that Tammy shares her tips and tricks for cooking, making meals ahead and more. I really like the way the book is laid out by Make & Freeze, Low & Slow, On the Go, Room Service, Travel Treats and Week in a Day. So easy to find what you are looking for! I also like that there are grocery lists and freezer inventory sheets in the back of the book. Very user-friendly!

Some of the great recipes you can find in “Make Ahead Paleo” are:

Chocolate Cinnamon Sweet Potato Waffles

Sausage Stuffed Portobellos

Fajita Burgers

Coq au Vin

Bacon & Onion Roast

Sweet ‘n’ Smoky Deviled Eggs

Best Ever Chicken Strips

Br-Egg-Fast Hot Dogs

Pumpkin Pie Bars

Elvis Muffins

No-Bake Sunbutter Bars

You can check out Tammy’s website, The Healthy GF Life, to find out more about her and see more of her delicious recipes!